List of Letterkenny people

The following is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in for a significant length of time or are buried in Letterkenny, the largest town in County Donegal, Ireland.

Arts

• Stopford Augustus Brooke - writer
• Jean Glover - entertainer
• Redmond Herrity - sculptor
• Gerard Lough - filmmaker
• John Nee - actor
• Paul Rooney - contemporary artist
• Paddy Tunney - singer-songwriter

Ecclesiastical

• Philip Boyce - Bishop of Raphoe
• Séamus Hegarty - Bishop of Raphoe
• Patrick O'Donnell - Irish Cardinal and Bishop of Raphoe
• James Whyte (1868–1957) - third Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand (1920-1957)

Media

• John Breslin - Highland Radio broadcaster
• Richard Crowley - RTÉ reporter
• Shaun Doherty - Highland Radio broadcaster
• Cathy Grieve - BBC News reporter
• Greg Hughes - Highland Radio head of news
• Jerome Hughes - TV3 reporter
• Donal Kavanagh - Highland Radio newsreader
• Noel Slevin - Donegal Democrat journalist and Donegal on Sunday columnist

Politics

• Harry Blaney - T.D.
• Neil T. Blaney - T.D. and Minister
• Niall Blaney - T.D.
• Jimmy Harte - Independent politician
• Rev John Kinnear - M.P. and 1870s tenant rights campaigner
• Dessie Larkin - Mayor
• Don Lydon - Senator
• Sean Maloney - Politician
• Jim McDaid - T.D. and Minister
• Bernard McGlinchey - Senator
• Joe McHugh - T.D.
• Walter Patterson - first British colonial governor of Prince Edward Island
• John P. Wilson - Tánaiste

Sport

• Brendan Boyce - athlete and 2012 London Olympian
• Eddie Brennan - Gaelic footballer^[1]
• Martin Carney - Gaelic footballer and RTÉ Sport commentator
• Gary Crossan - athlete
• Mark Crossan - Gaelic footballer
• Gavin Cullen - association footballer
• Philip Deignan - cyclist and 2008 Beijing Olympian
• Brendan Devenney - Gaelic footballer^[2]
• Conal Dunne - Gaelic footballer
• Ciara Grant- association footballer
• Ciaran Greene - Gaelic footballer and association footballer^[3]
• John Haran - Gaelic footballer
• Sinead Jennings- Olympian rower
• Rory Kavanagh - Gaelic footballer
• Karl Lacey - Gaelic footballer^[4]
• Conrad Logan - association footballer
• Christopher Malseed - association footballer
• Tommy McCafferty - kickboxer
• Danny McDaid - two-time Olympian
• Colm McFadden - Gaelic footballer
• Mark McGowan - Gaelic footballer
• Kevin McHugh - association footballer
• Denis McLaughlin - association footballer
• Sean McVeigh - hurler
• Charlie Mulgrew - Gaelic footballer
• Michael Murphy - Gaelic footballer^[5]
• Kevin Rafferty - Gaelic footballer^[6]
• Tommy Ryan - Gaelic footballer
• Ross Wherity - Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer
• Joe Winston - Gaelic footballer

Others

• Conrad Gallagher - chef
• Redmond O'Hanlon - outlaw

See also

• List of Donegal people

References

1. Foley, Cliona (19 September 2002). "Furious Killybegs thrown out of championship". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 19 September 2002. Ardara argued that Eddie Brennan, a Sligo county panellist, should not have been allowed transfer from his native Drumcliffe to Letterkenny last March, because he was a student at the Donegal IT. But the County Board upheld Letterkenny's argument that Brennan qualified to transfer because he is living and working locally.
2. "Devenney's future in balance". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 10 May 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2002.
3. Foley, Alan (26 January 2012). "Green checks in at Harps". Democrat. Retrieved 26 January 2012. Greene [...] works as a financial advisor at Gallagher/McCahey Financial Services Ltd in Letterkenny...
4. McKenna, Ewan (23 August 2012). "Forward-thinking McGuinness and Horan have turned old ruins into new empires". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 23 August 2012. There's a clip on YouTube of Karl Lacey doing gym work at 7.0 in the morning before going to work in Letterkenny, and he trained again that night.
5. "Up Close and Personal with...Michael Murphy". GAA.ie. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
6. "Picture special: Rory Kavanagh returns to Scoil Cholmcille with Sam". Donegal Daily. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012. Pupils at Scoil Cholmcille – the boys school – formed a guard of honour for Rory and his teammates Colm McFadden, Frank McGlynn and Kevin Rafferty. Both Kevin and Rory are also past pupils of the school.